Linguistic Archaeology: Dictionary of Sydney Area indigenous words

Sydney Area indigenous words
1. badagarang (eastern grey kangaroo)
2. badangi (Sydney rock oyster)
3. barani (yesterday)
4. bara (fish hook)
5. baruwaluwu (dolphin)
6. binyang (bird)
7. bubuk (boobook owl)
8. bulga (hill or green)
9. bunda (hawk)
10. burra (eel)
11. buruwang gaba (island)
12. daringyan (stingray)
13. dingu (dingo)
14. duwal (spear, short, with two barbs)
15. dyiral (shoal water)
16. gadyan  (Sydney cockle)
17. gamai (spear, general name)
18. ganing (cave)
19. garradjun (fishing line made from bark)
20. garrigarrang (sea)
21. gawura (whale)
22. girra girra (seagull)
23. gunya (dwelling made by people)
24. guru (deep water)
25. marrang (sand or beach)
26. ngurra (camp)
27. nawi (canoe)
28. wulumay (snapper)
29. walumil (Port Jackson shark)
30. waragal (mackerel)
31. wirambi (bat)
32. wulaba (rock wallaby)
33. wumbat (wombat)
34. yara (crab)
35. Ar-ra-re-agon (Snapper Island)
36. Bayinguwa (Garden Island)
37. ba-ing-hoe (Garden Island)
38. Be-lang-le-wool (Clarke Island)
39. Coodyee (Millers Point)
40. Cookaroo (Royal Botanic Gardens)
41. Cockaroo (Royal Botanic Gardens)
42. Gong-ul (Spectacle Island)
43. Goudjoulgang (Rose Bay)
44. Pannerong (Rose Bay)
45. Kiarabily  (Kirribilli)
46. Ciar Billie (Kirribilli)
47. Kogerrah (Rushcutters Bay)
48. Kogarah (Rushcutters Bay)
49. Memel (Goat Island)
50. Pirrama (Pyrmont)
51. Talla-wo-la-dah (The Rocks)
52. Waalamool (Woolloomooloo Bay)
53. Walla-mool (Woolloomooloo Bay)
54. Warinyama (Cockatoo Island)
55. Wa-rea-mah (Cockatoo Island)
56. Willara (Woollahra Point)
57. Yaranabe (Darling)
58. Eurambie (Darling)
59. Dubbagullee (Bennelong Point)
60. Meeliyahwool (Campbells Cove)
61. Tumbalong (Darling Harbour)
62. Tar-Ra (Dawes Point)
63. Gurrajin (Elizabeth Bay)
64. Jerrowan (Elizabeth Point)
65. Wahganmuggalee (Farm Cove)
66. Muddawahnyuh (Fort Denison)
67. Yurrandubbee (Macleay Point)
68. Yurong (Mrs Macqauries Point)
69. Derrawunn (Potts Point)
70. Warrane (Sydney Cove)


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
63 90%    18 25%   23 32%  18 25%      29 41%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
24 34%    4   5%      16 22%    0   0%       33 47%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
8  11%     4   5%      6    8%     22 31%     17  24%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
32 45%    2    2%      0   0%      39 55%     0     0%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
4    5%     0    0%     25 35%     0    0%       16 22%

Z      %
0    0%

 Popularity of use

90% A:
55% R, A:
47% G, R, A:
45% N, G, R, A:
41% U, N, G, R, A: guru (deep water), ngurra (camp),
35% W, U, N, G, R, A: gawura (whale),
34% B, W, U, N, G, R, A: bara (fish hook), bunda (hawk), burra (eel), buruwang gaba (island),
32% I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: girra girra (seagull), nawi (canoe), ganing (cave), garrigarrang (sea), barani (yesterday),
31% L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: waragal (mackerel), wulaba (rock wallaby), Willara (Woollahra Point), baruwaluwu (dolphin), bulga (hill or green),
25% O, E, L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: Warrane (Sydney Cove), Ar-ra-re-agon (Snapper Island), Be-lang-le-wool (Clarke Island), Gong-ul (Spectacle Island),
24% M, O, E, L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: Memel (Goat Island), Waalamool (Woolloomooloo Bay), Walla-mool (Woolloomooloo Bay), Eurambie (Darling), walumil (Port Jackson shark), wirambi (bat), wumbat (wombat), gamai (spear, general name), marrang (sand or beach),
22% Y, D, M, O, E, L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: Dubbagullee (Bennelong Point), Yurrandubbee (Macleay Point), Yurong (Mrs Macqauries Point), Derrawunn (Potts Point), Yaranabe (Darling), Warinyama (Cockatoo Island), yara (crab), Bayinguwa (Garden Island), gunya (dwelling made by people), wulumay (snapper), daringyan (stingray), dingu (dingo), duwal (spear, short, with two barbs), dyiral (shoal water), gadyan  (Sydney cockle), badagarang (eastern grey kangaroo), badangi (Sydney rock oyster), binyang (bird),
11% H, Y, D, M, O, E, L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: Meeliyahwool (Campbells Cove), Wahganmuggalee (Farm Cove), Muddawahnyuh (Fort Denison), Wa-rea-mah (Cockatoo Island), ba-ing-hoe (Garden Island),
8% K, H, Y, D, M, O, E, L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: Kiarabily  (Kirribilli), Kogerrah (Rushcutters Bay), Kogarah (Rushcutters Bay), bubuk (boobook owl),
5% T, J, C, K, H, Y, D, M, O, E, L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: Tumbalong (Darling Harbour), Tar-Ra (Dawes Point), Gurrajin (Elizabeth Bay), Jerrowan (Elizabeth Point), Ciar Billie (Kirribilli), Talla-wo-la-dah (The Rocks), Coodyee (Millers Point), Cookaroo (Royal Botanic Gardens), Cockaroo (Royal Botanic Gardens), Goudjoulgang (Rose Bay), garradjun (fishing line made from bark),
2% P, T, J, C, K, H, Y, D, M, O, E, L, I, B, W, U, N, G, R, A: Pannerong (Rose Bay), Pirrama (Pyrmont),
0% Z, X, Q, S, F

Conclusion: though not a full dictionary the trend is A-R linguistic group. At 90% it currently matches indigenous female names of the South East Australia  region.